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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1911)
4 MUNICIPAL 6 PLANT PROPOSED East Side Taxpayers Vote to Invoke Initiative to Secure Desired Change. COMBINATION IS ALLEGED Charter Amrndmral to Bo A.-krd lo Include 1.000.00 Bond Iue. IIaam Itrprfx-ntatW Take Kacrptlon to Charges. and taxpayers of the East Side last nlht tn the rooms of the Ea.t Mils Huslnes Mm'i Club, t'rand avenue and lUet Ai der tr. It was decided unanimously to Initiate a measure to est-tilh a mu nicipal pavlnc plant, and the measure wtil carry suth It authority to Issue tn!s to the amount of !!.. to uI In tlie erection of the piunt. Martin Watrou. an attorney rmploycl br tr.e property ..n-r. t.utllne.1 in his j M.wrrs I n" retails oi mv HiraiT. Wttrnin said tha: ft-r careful esamtna tlon of trve present charter covering pav Inc oprra:l.na In I'ortUnd he had come t. the ccn'-luln that It onld be Ini pN.lhIe to rj.:ahitsti coniprtlllon In the paving bliAine-. "The prrwnl pavlnc com pan i. said Mr. Watrou. "have a strangle hold on Hi people f tM city, and l ie only way that ti-l. hold can be broken Is br the ouabiutimmt of a municipal pavlna plant, ahl.-h shall pave the ptrrets of the city at about the coet of the material and work. V prup.e to follow the present charter in the prmenllm;. There lll be petitions for pavement. The City Knonrrr will prepare plans and specltl ratlon for the pavrm.-nts and the con tract will be let to the city. It Is fur ther proposed In this amendment that after the streets hive been paved and paid for by the property owners they sr. -i.l be taken uvt-r and maintained by the city without further com to the prop rtv uwners. as It should be done. We think that ;... or less, will estab lish the pavlnc plant. i the ravlna-jthnt trtcted-one Tnder the present system eoctinantes have the city districted company has one section of the city and others rave other sectluns. and property en the streets Is beln confiscated l" the terrtnc charge f'r Improvements. whUh a municipal plant will eliminate." tieorce M. Hylan.l. manager of the JU.v.m laving Comapny. protested against the statement that the pavtna" companies had l-ortland districted and challenged proof of the combination, lie declared further that Portland Is getting Its hard-surface pavementa for ! money than nearly any city In the l-nlterf states. Mr. Ilvland called at- tentton to the fact that before llassam Ue'men, was laid her. Prt land waa j 17 a.n'.;.V ' ..IT ...7 'sa,d"th.t" the eld llassam pavtnic Company had lost $:." and bad retired from tha busi ness. After debate Mr. Watrooa waa In structed to proceed at once to prepare the amendment proposed with the Ini tiative petitions, which will be circu lated at once. Representatives were present from different portions of the city, an.l the sentiment of the meetlns; was for a municipal pavlnc plant. It was the further sentiment of the meet- hi that a petition for an Improvement should contain 33 1- rer cent of tha property owners, and that a remon strance should have (1 Instead of SO per cent, aa at present. A considerable earn was subscribed at the meetlns; to defray the espensea of circulating tha petitions. SI 200 JUDGMENT IS LOST Case of Operator Mho Won Over Wrstern In ton IServcrseHl. OLYMPI.V Vash, March IT. Spe cUl.v After winnlns; a verdict of tljoo against the Western t'nlon Telegraph Company In the Kins; County Superior Court, the case of J. W. O'Brien, a dis charged operator, who lost his position In Helllna-ham with the l"nlted 1'resa Krrrlci throua-h activity of the Western t'nlon. Is reversed and dismissed by the Supreme Court In a decision band ad down today. I'nder Its contract with tha United Press tha Western I'nlon has a rlaht to Insist that the service employ op erators satisfactory to them. When O'Brien went to work In Kelllngharo the Western fnlon caused bis dis charge because of prevloua trouble with tha company, and he sued. He won In the lower court, but tha Su preme Court holda that Insomuch as trie Western t'nlon owned the Instru ments and wirea and under Its con tract had a rtsht to have tha press op erators satisfactory to It. that O'Brien wss not wronced. The company has made no attempt to keep OHrlen from nndins; other em ployment and tha court holds that no one has a rlitht to enquire Into the mo tives that actuated In controlling one's own property. DINERS MUST NOT TREAT T aroma Official Saj Restaurants Are t mlrr Law. TACOMA. Mar. :T In reply to a request from Mayor Kawcett for a con atructlon of theantl-treatlns; ordinance aa to cafea and restaurants. City At torney S-tlles says the word "premi es'" In the ordinance meana the entire area over which the licensed vendor of l!.juors may sell lawfully under his license. Any other construction, be says, would lead to countleaa and destruc tive evasions. Mayor Pawcett had expressed tha opinion that tha ordinance did not ap ply to restaurants and cafes. STORM HITS QUAKER CITY (Continued From Ftrst Pae. was crushed beneath the trucks of a Hammond car. Ha died on the way to the hospital. A tall end of tha storm that hit Missouri killed tha heralded peach crop of that state aa dead as it tha buds had been snipped by shears Instead of by frost. Sweeping" toward the East, the storm piled up Its deatb list Tapldly. In Ft. Louis a -mHe-an-taour rale wrought havoc Two persons were killed and a score hurt In Alabama, where tha atorm manifested' Itself In xa eulaa of a cyclone. An unknown man was killed b falling wtrea at j Glrard, Ohio, and heavy financial loss waa sustained throughout that state. In West Vlra-lnla and In Pennaylvanla. OHIO VAIXBT "LASHED BY WIND One Person Killed. Many BaUdlng Pamaged Around Pittsburg. PITTSBL'RGj March IT. A wind atorm throughout Northeastern Ohio, a portion of West Virginia, and Western lennaylranla late today caused at least one fatality. Injured several per aona and resulted In Deary financial l08t"-ub.nTllle. C waa struck by the pale. The roof waa blown off the County Infirmary and the walla of sev eral other bull.ilnaa were blown down. The wind here reached a velocity of 61 miles an hour. Many wire, bill boards and plate sUss windows Buf fered. . ' OIL DERRICKS AUE LEVELED W ind Blow Tombstone From C-m- rtrrr Into Koad. WASHINGTON. Ta.. March 17. A KiiTr.l .went Washington County to day and tonlichl and the thermometer cropped 3 dea-rees In eisni uuu... tilxtv oil den-icas -"' -- i lev tiled, cauelnc a lo of $:&.. . . . iiv. .-. ir. TtimhKtoneH were picked up by the wind and carrirn from a cemetery Into a road a hundred feet away. No Paweneera Taken In w York. NKW TOItK. March 27. Pennsylvania i.iim.H official d.Tlltied to accept "! I psju-ncers for Philadelphia on the ex b' I Press leavlna- here at i:04 Uinlcht. Throusli trains for the west, omriaia .( . - . 1 n it nnerated over CUt-(TS. T;ie',al of the nlotin whisked over Yrniattan with spectacular eiec- trlcal effects and downpour of hall. HEAD OF DUKA QUITS ocTonriiisT PArnr i.e.pkr RESIGN AS l-KCIllKXT. Opinion In St. Pcterhnrr I That Stolj pin's Positron I fo Weak ened He "H ill Resign.- ST. PKTEKSBl'HCS. March ST. A. J. OuchlTok, leader of the Octoberlst party, has resigned aa president of the Duma. A few days ago he announced at a meetinit of the Octoberlst uroup that h. ie,tnded to take this action. m occasion tha CX toberlst Ieputlea ' Intimated they would reslirn their seata In th Duma, but on mtic i central commltew at Moscow they will retain their seats for the present. A lona- councllVa-as held today. Tha Bourse waa very weak, owing to the critical political situation, and a panic developed In the Moscow Bourse. The opinion la that tuolypia'a position la ao weakened that hl.i resignation la the only alternative to tho dlssoluUon of the Duma. Kumor attributed to M. Ftolypln po of irreater powers than he has j yet exercised. It Is asserted that he has powers to suspenn --'" of the IT. iu ha, -.uapendad Tre.pc.ft and Durnovo and Indlcnatlon la rapidly rising among lAnother" report current la that tha Minister of Marine. VoovadeKy. bad re- siened. AT THE THEATERS thi; pawx or TOMORROW.' - A flay la Three Acts by Mrs. Frances Hedges Burnett. Presented at Hetlla- Theater ay Mls terrl rede Elliott. CAST. air Oliver Holt Puller Mm Oliver Holt Sydney Booth air Bowline Burford Guy Thlpos Doctor Heatb Oeorse Parren Tctor Satt.rley Roy Barnes Uird Tommy Phllp Leslie pandy a,,r The thief Bennett Kllpark Harney "am Pearce J-m Arthur Barry The Bat Crclstton Hale The Kid Douslas Joes Bedell Asnew Trip Powell eam Pearce Inspector Barnes, of Scotland Yard.. T. Jinks Inspector Murray, of Scotland Yard. Hsrry Chester poll," Miss Ansela Csdea Feathers M:s Anna Waits Ht Mrs. Julia Blane Html atlas Carrie Mertllees IUli Do Lortns..Mls Susarne Porry Hllloe at.es Maud Nlssell 0ia Miss Klllott : s-e-e-e epiE Dawn of a Tomorrow" Is bet s' ter than a tonic. It Is Infinitely better, for It makes the fact altogether clear that tonics may fall, whereat cheerlulnesa has limitless possibilities. Gertrude Elliott and a strong sup porting compsny brought Mrs. Prances llodxson Burnett s compelling message of cheerfulness to the Heillg last night In an effective presentation of a very useful and much-talked-of play. And such hypochondriac aa wera present must have left with a new hope. Not. of course, that the pleca Is a sort of special treatment for neu rasthenia But In the stress of exis tence possibly all of us become over wrousrlit and at least touch upon the path that tno wreck In "A Dawn of a Tomorrow" trod to the bitter end. An English barrister with millions, a great name, everything to live for and yet nothing to live for. That Is the picture that the curtain rises upon. Lite Is detestable, unbearable, impossi ble to him. His nervous system is gone, lie has starved himself of the real thlnrs of life until a joyous or happy Impulse has become Impossible. Medical science offering him no hope, he turns to suicide. On the point of ending hla misery, he is drawn away from himself, from his morbid Intro spection, by a human embodiment of cheerfulness Olad. a girl of the slums. Prom her example the dry embers of his withered soul catch a spark of the life-giving philosophy of cheerfulness. He recovers. There Is much dialogue, too much, perhaps, for the slucgish of mind. In which the message of cheerfulness and right living are sounded. But there Is. too. a well-balanced plot, the inevit able love story and much admirable atace craft. Miss Elliott, most of whose previous triumphs have been In England. In vests the role of Glad with all the win some charm and optimism Intended by the author. Her work Is finely drawn and conscientiously carried out. Puller Melllsh. as the nervous wreck, presents a compelling portrayal of the part and the others of Miss Elliott's support are satisfactory. "The Dawn of a Tomorrow" will be at the Hetlig all tins week with niati- nees Wednesday and Saturday RESTRICTIONS TO PARK PROGRESS Board Needs to Be Unham pered in Operations, Is Declared. MORE MONEY NECESSARY Civlo Council Hears Crlttclsms of Methods of Improving and Ex tending; Park System City Is Said Behind Other Places. Asserting that It would take from 13.000.000 to .1.000.000 to make "any showing" In para building In Portland, ls.idor Lang and Dr. J. R. Wetherbea save the members of tha Clvlo Council, at a rerular meetlns last night In the 1 convention hall of the Commercial Club, a review of the faults and trials of park operations In the city. It wths tentatively suggested that It would be a good Idea for the Civic Coun cil to perfect plans for the reorganisation of the park laws and secure a continuous plan of operation for the development oi a park system In Portland. Isador Lang declared tht he had been a member of the I'ark Board for four years and confessed that little progress had been made In the work- This, he thought, was dua to causes over which the members had no control. Portland Laga lielilnd. "Portland." said tha speaker, "Is be hind In the park progress of the country for cities of the sama class. I visited Kansas City 16 years ago and at that time it had only two and one-half acres of park area. Today It haa S0O0 acres. In the last 1! years It haa xpanded IIS.000.000. Pour yeara ope Seattle, at the same time that Portland started upon Its policy of Increasing Its park area, began a new policy with reference to Ita parks. In that time It Jiae ex pended 13.000,000. Denver has given mil lions to tha same purpose In the last few years. "The people of Portland must realise that to build a park aystem It must ex pend money and lota of it. It must be apent In a continuous manner. In every city whera I have visited the work la performed by a board, appointed by the Mayor, but once appointed haa authority to act upon Ita own Initiative. Unless the charter of Portland Is changed there will always be an unsettled policy and the city can never get results. Cost Will Bo Great. "Furthermore, I am convinced that the city cannof get much of a park system for less than I.OOO.OOO to 3.000.000. Then It will only begin to show what can be accomplished by the right sort of .park construction." Dr. J. R Wetherbea began by saying that In his opinion It would be necessary to have from 11.000.000 to S2.000.000 a year for the next ten year to put the city In the right sort of a position with regard to parka. "I believe It la not ao far distant when the- people here will ee 2,000,000 persona within the City of Portland." he said. "So firmly la this Imbedded In the minds of many of the business men that they contributed $21,000 out of their own pockets to pay the ex penses of securing plans drafted by the best architect the country affords upon tha basis of a city containing 1.000.000 people. Such a city will have to have park and plenty of them, in cluding playgrounds and sach other ac cessories as are required to meet the social conditions of a metropolis. Adequate Facilities Needed. "It Is necessary for the proper hous ing of the conventions which are head ed thia way that we have adequate facilities. It is absolutely necessary to construct an auditorium. There Is to be submitted at this coming election a bond issue of 1600.000 .or this purpose and it ia the duty of this body to in dorse this proposition. "The City of Portland owna 31 parks. The demand for the care and mainten ance of these parka requires a consid erable sum of money and while we have not made much of a ahowtng for the expenditure of the money given to us to expend It la largely because the public la not well acquainted with our work. "I would like to mention before go ing any further the urcnase of Coun cil Crest for a park and why it haa not been done. Every member of tha Park Board is In favor of the pur chase of this sightly location the best In the world. 1 believe. The reason Is this: Price Asked Too Great. "We found upon securing options on the property that the price asked was nearly twice what it was worth. In the first" place, the land occupied by Council Crest for an amusement park today Is 20 acres and the price asked by the property owner la 1210.000. To make the view aecure for all time It Is necessary to purchase S. acres. What that can be bought for I da not know. Then there are 20-year leases given. Optloas upon these, two of them, were secured, and A. Duchamp, who operatea the amusements, except the scenic raijway, wants 150.200. L. A, Thompson, of Chicago, who is the owner of the acenlo railway, wanta I35.O00. That meana-190.000 more. "We appointed three men to make an examination of the property as to Its real worth and they reported that the land waa high at $000 an acre. That would be $120,000 for the 20 acres, or nearly 1180.000 for 2.t acrea. The dif ference between this price and the HOO.Oi'O asked waa the reason why we did not buy the property." The speaker then outlined the work of ahe I'ark board, pointing out that the delay In spending the additional 1500.000 In bonds was because the board did not desire to sell the bonds until the money was needed, and that the purrhases contemplated, and ar ranged for. would take all of the sum. One feature pointed out was that the Park Board was now compelled to pay out of the bond Issues all streeet im provements and that during the past year that amounted to tl. 000. 000 and would be equally as much for the next year. Then followed an explanation of the sum to be expended in the con struction of the boulevard, which will connect with the Terwillger estate donation of a boulevard to the city and other tracts upon which the board has options. The Civic Council Indorsed by reso lution the audtorlum project and or dered appointed a committee of five on parka to prepare a report with re gard to changing the charter so that the board might secure power. Just before adjourning the council passed a resolution condemning the School Board for seeking to secure from-the City Council the passage of an ordinance which would permit them to build frame additions to school bulldlnara whera the present portion Is already constructed of wood fern The Multnomah $3 .00 "For Style and Quality, Leads Them All." In Latest Spring Blacks in Both Soft and Derby Styles. Sam'L' Rosenblatt Co. The Home of Hart Schaffher & Marx Fine Clothes. SE Bryan Proposes to Depose Standpat Senators. PUBLIC INTEREST FIRST Commoner Says Progressives of Both Parties Must Take Hold of Committees Without Regard to Personal Vanity. LINCOLN. Neb- March 27. Concerning the reorganisation of the Senate, William J. Bryan enld today: The Democrats of tha Senate have a duty to perform at the very opening of the extra session, namely, the reor ganisation of that body. The Democrats are atlll in the minority, but they will have the selection of the Democratic members of the varloua committees and. acting with the progressive Republicans, they ran not only secure Increased repre sentation on the committees but they can make tile committees represent the sentiment of the Senate. There are some standpat Democrats1 In the Senate, whose sympathies are with the standpat Republicans rather than with the progressive Republican but there are not as many of tkene stand pat Democrata aa there were before the Fourth of March, and there will probably not be so many two yeara from now as there are now. The standpat Democrats and Repub licans are now In control of the best committee assignments anfd they ex pect to keep them. In spite of the fact that they no longer represent the senti ment of a majority In that body. It seems likely to be a question of seniority versus public Interest, a question of In dividual ambition veraua the welfare of the people. "It is not difficult to determine which aide to take in auch a controversy. It may flatter a man's vanity to allow nlm to mlsrepreaenf his party or his country, but it not democracy. If public of ficiateeven Senatora are public serv ants, if they are selected to do for the people what the people want done, then there can be no queatlon that committees should be made up, not merely to pay personal compliments but to carry out tha people's will." Third Explosion Victim Dies. CHESTER. N. H-. March 27. A third name was added tonight to the death list resulting from an explosion of a ateamplpe at the new powerhouse of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company to day. Six persons were injured, but it was said tonight all would recover. Tha explosion waa due to the blowing out of the "dead"" end of a 12-Inch steamplpe. "Dr. Maes' Nervine Completely Cured Our Little Boy of Fits." A family can suffer no greater affliction than to have a child sub ject to fits or epilepsy. 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